So I finally got round to sweeping the flue. Bit late but I was fairly confident it wasn't bad. Last year was my first year burning and with what I've used so far this winter I've burnt 8-9m3, about 2.5 cord.
First of out came the stoves baffle, the rotary brush set and cordless drill and dust sheets. I was sweeping through the hatch in the stove pipe, feeding the rods in through a piece of plastic waste pipe taped in the hatch and with the shop vac on the other end to catch dust, although most would fall into the stove.
8 rods in, and out and this is what I got.
And
About an ash pan full of nice dry soft powdery type 1 creosote. Happy with that, I think my wood is plenty dry and I'm running the stove nicely.
Took a couple of hours including setting up and cleaning away, although the actual sweep was done in 15 minutes.
First of out came the stoves baffle, the rotary brush set and cordless drill and dust sheets. I was sweeping through the hatch in the stove pipe, feeding the rods in through a piece of plastic waste pipe taped in the hatch and with the shop vac on the other end to catch dust, although most would fall into the stove.
8 rods in, and out and this is what I got.
And
About an ash pan full of nice dry soft powdery type 1 creosote. Happy with that, I think my wood is plenty dry and I'm running the stove nicely.
Took a couple of hours including setting up and cleaning away, although the actual sweep was done in 15 minutes.
